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Join Our Spoiler-Welcome Discussion of T. Kingfisher’s Books  

“Moving is like a save point. You can do whatever you want and then reset afterwards like it never happened.” — Another Perfect Book By Gale Galligan!

Fresh Start by Gale Galligan

February 6, 2025 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I am a very big fan of Gale Galligan and am a member of their Patreon, so I’ve been eagerly anticipating this book for quite a while and enjoying all of the behind the scenes process information. It’s really fun and at the same time sobering to see all of the work that goes into making a book — doing the pitch, the script, page layouts and thumbnails, pencils, inks, colors (by K Czap, who always crushes it), editing, the cover — I always take […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: friendship, Gale Galligan, Graphic Novel, middle grade, semi-autobiographical

GentleRain's CBR17 Review No:18 · Genres: Children's Books, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: friendship, Gale Galligan, Graphic Novel, middle grade, semi-autobiographical ·
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A Delightful Medley of the Finest New Middle Grade Graphic Novels

Freestyle by Gale Galligan

Growing Pains by Kathryn Ormsbee and Molly Brooks

The Baby-Sitters Club #12: Jessi's Secret Language by Chan Chau

Frizzy by Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra

Tidesong by Wendy Xu

The Tryout by Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao

October 23, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

My love of middle grade graphic novels continues to deepen as more and more great books come out. Over the past week I read these six, which almost all came out recently (Tidesong came out in 2021). What really struck me about most of them is the wonderful diversity of viewpoints and experiences, which makes for a varied and rewarding reading experience. Hopefully as the generation of kids reading these grows up, we will see a similar boom in YA and adult graphic novels. Freestyle […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Chan Chau, Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao, Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra, female friendships, friendship, Gale Galligan, graphic novels, growing up/coming of age, Kathryn Ormsbee and Molly Brooks, middle grade, Self-acceptance, Self-confidence, Wendy Xu

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:113 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Chan Chau, Christina Soontornvat and Joanna Cacao, Claribel A. Ortega and Rose Bousamra, female friendships, friendship, Gale Galligan, graphic novels, growing up/coming of age, Kathryn Ormsbee and Molly Brooks, middle grade, Self-acceptance, Self-confidence, Wendy Xu ·
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Sometimes you really do need to sit on the baby…..

Babysitter's Club V05 Dawn and the Impossible Three by Gale Galligan

February 9, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Dawn and the Impossible Three is a comfortable read for an adult and a good read for a kid aged 10 to 13 about rules, making limits, family and dealing with friendship woes. Gale Galligan has adapted the Ann M. Martin original Babysitters Club book, the graphic novels have the feelings of the years the book was set in during the novel. The novels of the Babysitters Club came out around the 1980s and early 1990s. And they dealt with some of the “uniqueness’s” of […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Ann M. Martin, babysitters club, babysitting, friendship, Gale Galligan, Social Themes

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:76 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Ann M. Martin, babysitters club, babysitting, friendship, Gale Galligan, Social Themes ·
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